History 1302 Exam#3 Ch.22 – Flashcards
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Cite three examples of how President William Howard Taft used "Dollar Diplomacy" to advance the United States financial interest in other countries.
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1.) Stabilizing Honduros 2.) Setting up a phuppet government in Nicaragua to protect U.S. investment there 3.) Liberis invested in china Taft used doller diplomacy to gain leverage in Africa, Asia, and Centeral America
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Explain how President Woodrow Wilsons "Moral Diplomacy" policy was different from President Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy," and identify one characteristic the two policies had in common.
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President Woodrow Wilsons "Moral Diplomacy" --The insturment of "moral suasion" combined with military intervention if necessary President Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy" --Aimed to foster economic and administrative reformers in other countries. Use financial experts rather than the army and navy. Substituted "dollars for bullets" One characteristic the two policies had in common --Economically and military
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Tell what most Americans thought should be the United States response to the outbreak of war in Europe.
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1.) Shock 2.) Support one side or the other 3.) Few Americans favored U.S. entry into the war
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Identify the major provision of the Keating-Owen act (1916) regarding child labor, and explain how the United States Supreme Court responded to it in Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)
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Keating-Owen act (1916) --outlawed the sale through interstate commerce of products manufactured by children under the age of 16 (14 in some industries) Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)--outlawed by the Supreme Court
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Cite three legislative acts passed by Congress in 1916 to prepare for possible American entry into the war
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1.) National defense act 2.) Shipping act 3.) Authorized naval expansion
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Identify the most powerful election issue in 1916
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1.) Play the role of international peacemaker 2.) Stress his success in keeping the U.S. Out of the war 3.) Distract public Attention with progressive legislative initiatives
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Identify three occurrences in early 1917 that pressured President Wilson to prepare for entry into world war 1
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1.)Resume submarine warfare to knock out Allied shipping and break the Allied blockade 2.) The Zimmermann note to Mexico's President Carranza to declare war against the U.S. 3.) German submarine attacks that sank three Americans vessels
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Explain how President Wilson justified his request that Congress declare war against Germany, and it allies.
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Wilson asked Congress to declare war against central powers "to make the world safe for democracy."
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Cite one example of how Wilson administration promoted "100 percent Americanism" after United States entry into World War 1.
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Committee on public information Sought to create "one white-hot mass" of "devotion, courage, and deathless determination." 1.) Celebrated allied virtues and condemned German atrocities 2.) Pamphlets, billboards newspaper advertisements and motion pictures
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Citing one example of each, explain the government's methods of punishing foreign agents people doing business with the enemy, and disloyalty among American citizens
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1.) Federal law forbade giving aid ; comfort to the enemy that could cripple the war effort 2.) Trading with the enemy act prohibited subversive communication through the U.S. mail 3.) Sedition act punished statements that brought the government into disrepute 4.) But these measures also led to vigilantism, repression, and insistence on conformity
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Identify six ways the government attempted to control the supply distribution, and prices of food, fuel, and other critical supplies during the war
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1.) Lever Act 2.) National War Labor Board 3.) Railroads Administration 4.) War Industries Board 5.) Fuel ; Food Rationing 6.) Daylight savings time to conserve fuel
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Cite three examples of social changes that World War 1 brought about in the United States
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1.) Jobs in factories and on railroads drew hundreds of thousands of African-Americans out of the South to join the great migration to the urban North 2.) Women pressed for and gained, greater equality--19th Amendment (1920) 3.) The war boosted the "social purity" movement--18th amendment (1920) & Prohibition of alcoholic beverages
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Explain how the Wilson administration ensured an adequate supply of men for the armed forces
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Supplying the army and navy with fighting men Selective Service (Military Draft)
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Characterize President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" generally, and summarize the first one.
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"Fourteen Points"--An equitable and generous plan for lasting peace Open negotiations Freedom of the seas, free trade and disarmament Dismemberment of empires
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Identify the general associations of nations that President Wilson proposed in the "Fourteen Points" to ensure peace in the future among the nations of the world.
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A "League of Nations"--Centerpiece of Wilson's vision To ensure future peace among all the nations of the world
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Cite four examples of how the Treaty of Versailles penalized Germany for starting the war.
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1.) Return provinces of Alsace and Lorraine to France 2.) Fifteen-year French occupation of the German Rhineland and coal-rich Saar Basin 3.) Reparation payments by Germany to compensate the Allies for wartime losses 4.) Stripped Germany of its military capability
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Describe the reaction of the United States Senate to the Treaty of Versailles upon Wilson's return from war-torn Europe at the end of World War 1
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Opposition among Republicans in the U.S. Senate Most Americans favored it, however some did not Opposition to the Treaty entered n the U.S. Senate THEY OPPOSED IT
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Identify three major incidents during 1919 that led to a fear of terrorism known as the Red Scare.
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1.) A horrible race riot in Chicago 2.) Numerous labor strikes, including in Seattle, Washington 3.) Terrorist bombings in eight U.S. cities
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Explain how many Americans interpreted presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's calls for "normalcy" and identify the party and presidential candidate that prevailed in the 1920 election
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Wilson wanted to run for re-election but was too ill. Still he, and his policies were the dominant issues. DEMOCRATS--nominated James M. Cox of Ohio for President and young Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York for Vice President, both of whom supported Treaty of Versailles & U.S. participation in League of Nations Harding called for "Normalcy" Most voters took that to mean a return to greater comfort for the country and its leaders and chose Harding
